Off to Aspen — similiar to Capistrano….

I guess I am on the Air Asia email marketing list, because I just got an email from them telling me that I could get a roundtrip ticket from Bangkok, Thailand to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for $10 round-trip including taxes.   That is unbelievable.  http://www.airasia.com/site/en/promotion.jsp?id=94a3dc8a-ac1e00ae-645fd000-867a7f20   Europe offers the same types of fares through Easyjet and Ryanair….

Sometimes when you are sitting in traffic on 520 wondering why you see people that have 1 or 2 people in their car but are still using the 3 person HOV lane, wonder no more….   The reason: the fine is only $86 if you are caught for the offense.   Im sure a few people…

I just read this story in the news about a Thai budget airline called One-Two-Go which crashed on its way to Phuket, a Thai resort island.  Having traveled all over Southeast Asia on budget airlines like this, I definitely had some scary experiences but this is just horrible.   88 people died in the crash.   Sad…

I have spent the last hour on the Lonely Planet Thorntree site researching overland camping safaris in the Okavango Delta, Botswana and I always forget how amazing the site iis for researching and gathering information on countries, itineraries, cities, activities, and for answering random questions.  The community aspect there is huge and after you have been helped out…

We just rented a 20 person lake house on Green Bay in Wisconsin.  The place is below: http://www.greatrentals.com/WI/22397.html   From what the owner says, it is an old brothel which is located right on Green Bay, has 6 bedrooms, a private beach, access to waterskiing, is 8 miles away from golf, and 17 miles away…

When I arrived at London airport for my flight to Nairobi today, they told me that the flight was oversold.  I was angry at the time and I made the importance of getting on that flight know to them since there are not that many Kenya Airways flights that connect to Kigali, Rwanda from Nairobi….